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So...I have a mystery to solve. I have a fish tank in which I have a parrot fish, a bumblebee fish and 2 black convicts...and whole bunch of black convict babies. All if these fish are aggressive, especially the black convicts because of the babies. So, until I can separate them by putting some...

I live in PA and this past week, as I'm sure most of you know, we experienced a storm that although many of us were prepared some of us were still caught off guard. I am one of those people who were prepared but unfortunately...my 29g freshwater tank was not. We lost power here for several days...

Found these on the sides of my tank when I went to go feed my fish tonight. They weren't there this morning. What are they? What sticks to the side of the tank like that? I've never seen that before. In my tank I have guppies, platys and Cory cats.

I've been in the process of moving and I had to move my tank today. I moved my fish about an hour north...they did really well. On the other hand, I had to euthanize my 10g tank. Honestly, it was just too many of them and where I moved to is just too small for a second tank. Unfortunately...

So, I moved my blog from my tumblr (although I'm keeping that one) to a WordPress Blog. The name of my WordPress blog is Freshwater Pirate but I need a good tagline. Currently, to hold the place, I'm using... Adventures in the Aquarium Hobby! Kind of lame, if you ask me. Anyone have any...

I have a 29g tank that is running an Aqueon 30 filter. I am upgrading my filter to a Marineland Emperor 280 after doing some heavy research on what I'm looking for in a filter. (I have a gazillion guppies...(ok more like 16-17...they don't stay still long enough for me to count them), 2 platy...

I am planning to get about 4-5 cory cats tomorrow but I wanted to double check something. My substrate is mostly flora max with some natural colored gravel layered on top near the front of the tank. Do you think the flora max will be too much for the cats barbels?

They are compatible, right? I thought that they were... My neighbor said they are not but I don't remember coming across that in my research. In fact, I found just the opposite...at least, that's what I remember finding. Can anyone confirm or deny? I ask because I now have my platy in a tank...

My 29g is officially cycled! Thank goodness! Now...what plants to put in it. I have a low light setup and I'll probably be dosing with Seachem. Any suggestions? As you may be able to see in the pic...I have a pH of 8.2. My water is definitely hard. I was thinking about some java fern and I also...

I'm cycling my 29g tank by dosing it with ammonia. Pretty much, every day, I've been dosing it as the ammonia seems to drop each day to 0. However, the nitrites were measuring between 1 and 2 ppms and the nitrates were measuring between 20-80ppms. However, today, as I went to check it everything...

Have a 10g that has 3 adult platy and about 40 fry in a breeding net. I'm trying to get my 29g cycled and ready so I can move the adults. My problem is, the tank isn't ready yet and I just noticed that one of my platy has a white fungus growing on her side and her tail. I want to treat her but I...

Hey all! I'm starting a 29g planted tank that I hope will be a community tank. I'm trying to get it set up quickly as my 2 platy have had 40 fry. Right now...this is what I have and where I'm hoping to go. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. 1. Lighting...I have an unimpressive Aqueon...

Here is a pic of my sunburst platy. How soon do you think she will drop? I can see the eyes of the platy so I'm assuming that it will be soon. I'm sorry I can't get a closer pic of her but she tends to stay toward the back of the tank because the male won't leave her alone.

I have 2 sunburst platy (m & f) and a red wag platy(f). My red wag platy gave birth 2 days ago...unexpectedly. However, I was expecting my Sunburst platy to give birth because she is very large and I can see the eyes of several fry in her belly. My red wag didn't look pregnant to me...

Lol...so, today I went to feed my 3 platy. Imagine my surprise when I looked in the tank and saw 3 fry. Here is why I'm surprised... I have one sunburst platy that looked VERY pregnant. So, I put her in a breeding net because the male platy just wouldn't leave her alone. Then, I have another...

Okay...I started a small 10g tank last May and I think I've finally started to get the hang of a freshwater tank. At least...my fish are happy. :p Right now, I have plastic plants because I thought that starting with live plants would not be the best thing for a beginner. However, here is my...

How fast do Mollies grow. I have a dalmatian molly that is about 2 or 2.5 inches. How much bigger will he get and how quickly do I need to move him from a 10g? There are 4 other fish in the tank 1 male platy and 3 female platies.

Ok...so I just got 2 new fish for my 10 gallon tank that I've been running since Friday. I was hesitant because I didn't want anything to go wrong. However, I'm not naive enough to think that I'm going to be perfect at this right from the start. So, I added my fish today and for a bit...they...

Hi! I'm new here and to the aquarium world. I'm beginning a freshwater aquarium and I'm anxious because I want it to go well. Right now, I set up my 10 gallon aquarium and am very happy with the way it looks but...I haven't put in any fish in it yet. I'm constantly checking the pH balance and...